Table 5.
Views about Prescription Medication Costs and Inclination to Discuss Cost-Related Issues with a Physician, as Identified by Survey Respondents with Hepatitis C Virus in Halifax, 2008
| Statement |
Response; No. (%) of Respondents* (n = 50) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Agree† | Disagree‡ | |
| When my doctor writes a prescription she/he does not consider how much it is going to cost me | 16 (32) | 29 (58) |
| I don’t tend to talk to my doctor about the cost of my medicines and whether I can afford them or not | 28 (56) | 18 (36) |
| My doctor sometimes advises me to buy a medicine over-the-counter rather than give me a prescription | 21 (42) | 25 (50) |
| The doctor should take more of an interest in whether I can afford to pay for the medicines she/he prescribes | 15 (30) | 33 (66) |
| It is not a doctor’s job to check if I can afford to pay for the medicines | 14 (28) | 31 (62) |
| I know how the cost of my prescription compared with what I have to pay when I buy something from the pharmacist/drug store | 40 (80) | 5 (10) |
| The copayment I need to pay for the prescription charge is too high | 10 (20) | 27 (54) |
*
Percentages across each row may not sum to 100, because there was a third category (“not applicable”) that is not reported in this table.
†
Data represent the sum of responses for “strongly agree” and “agree”.
‡
Data represent the sum of responses for “strongly disagree” and “disagree”.